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governor romney taking the lead in the polls in the latest pew polls governor romney leading president obama 49% to 45%. now last month he trailed by eight points. so can governor romney keep the momentum going or is he just on a political roller coaster? former senator fred thompson joins us. good evening, sir. >> good evening. >> greta: the republicans are dancing right now, but i wouldn't measure the drapes yet. >> no, no. still got a lot of campaign to go. but i think that for the first time people got a chance to see mitt romney and a little closer look at barack obama. you know, he hasn't been in that setting in a long time. i wasn't really surprised either case. nobody's ever accused romney of -- i mean obama of being a great debater. his only eloquence is off the teleprompter, in which he's very good at delivering a set piece, but not in that format. romney, on the other hand, has gotten better and better over several years, and down in florida is a good example of what he did, you know. he's been called everything and faced with every kind of issue imaginable. you know, he's a
governor romney taking the lead in the polls in the latest pew polls governor romney leading president obama 49% to 45%. now last month he trailed by eight points. so can governor romney keep the momentum going or is he just on a political roller coaster? former senator fred thompson joins us. good evening, sir. >> good evening. >> greta: the republicans are dancing right now, but i wouldn't measure the drapes yet. >> no, no. still got a lot of campaign to go. but i think that...
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the new poll shows barack obama beating romney by 10 points. >> obama had a pretty good week in the polls in ohio and florida but the real winner this week, the nfl football fans. >> the temps are out. the old referees are back in. and if the referees won, i think nfl fans won. >> now they can stop complaining about the replacement refs and start complaining about the regular refs. >> nfl referees, they had the best week and they're good unlike those replacement refs, but they are bad. maybe
the new poll shows barack obama beating romney by 10 points. >> obama had a pretty good week in the polls in ohio and florida but the real winner this week, the nfl football fans. >> the temps are out. the old referees are back in. and if the referees won, i think nfl fans won. >> now they can stop complaining about the replacement refs and start complaining about the regular refs. >> nfl referees, they had the best week and they're good unlike those replacement refs,...
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romney is polling in the 20s. the structural concerns are legitimate. republicans aren't worried for no reason. but i think at this point, it's going to be a daily story line for the campaign to deal with. >> melody, two more unemployment reports have to come out between now and election day, at least some of the big national polls this is still a dead heat. >> absolutely. as axe said in your segment earlier, everyone knew that this was going to be a close election. at the same time, what we have seen in some of the polling and i don't live by week by week, day by day polling, and no one should, because it is over the long haul, but when you break open that polling, people respond to the president because they believe he gets their concerns. he understands their daily lives. and also, we're holding everyone even in this very, very bad economy. >> george, we have two unemployment reports coming up. on october 5th and one november 2nd. and three presidential debates. anything can happen. it's still very close. romney's unfavorables are higher than his fav
romney is polling in the 20s. the structural concerns are legitimate. republicans aren't worried for no reason. but i think at this point, it's going to be a daily story line for the campaign to deal with. >> melody, two more unemployment reports have to come out between now and election day, at least some of the big national polls this is still a dead heat. >> absolutely. as axe said in your segment earlier, everyone knew that this was going to be a close election. at the same...
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the latest polls. for mr. romney, desperate times call for desperate measures and it doesn't matter how much the truth suffers. joining me now is pulitzer prize connie schultz. she writes today, why romly will lose ohio. hint, hint. and dana milbank, columnist for "the washington post." he's writing that romney goes off road with the truth. thanks for being here tonight. connie, let me start with you. you were born and raised in ohio with ties to the auto industry. >> yes. >> how are ohioans responding to this false attack by romney and ryan? >> that's what is interesting to me. i come from these people. i come from utility workers and auto plant workers and steel workers. i think romney thinks that the people that i come from are stupid. but i've been traveling all over the state. i was in three different towns today and i've been at a lot of packed halls with auto workers and people who supply the auto industry. you're talking about 800,000 jobs in auto-related jobs in ohio, which means you're talkin
the latest polls. for mr. romney, desperate times call for desperate measures and it doesn't matter how much the truth suffers. joining me now is pulitzer prize connie schultz. she writes today, why romly will lose ohio. hint, hint. and dana milbank, columnist for "the washington post." he's writing that romney goes off road with the truth. thanks for being here tonight. connie, let me start with you. you were born and raised in ohio with ties to the auto industry. >> yes....
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again, the point to ohio is when you look at all of the public polls, 24 or 25 polls in 21 governor romney is leading with independents and not by a small margin but by double digit, and anyone involved with ohio politics will tell you the candidate who wins independents in ohio is going to win the highway he election. we are very confident about the race. when we see president obama underperforming badly in the southeast part of the state in the coal counties and when vice president biden said the defense doesn't need anymore m1 tanks and we will see tickets of unhappiness in ohio that will cut into their margin and at the end of the day i feel very good about government's message. >>chris: your campaign started running an ad in ohio implying that the jeep is shipping u.s. jobs to china when, in fact, they are expanding their operations to china but they are not shipping u.s. jobs overseas. i will play a clip of the ad and how president obama responded. >> obama took g.m. and chrysler into bankruptcy and sold chrysler to tall beyonds who will build jeeps in china. >> you do not scare hard
again, the point to ohio is when you look at all of the public polls, 24 or 25 polls in 21 governor romney is leading with independents and not by a small margin but by double digit, and anyone involved with ohio politics will tell you the candidate who wins independents in ohio is going to win the highway he election. we are very confident about the race. when we see president obama underperforming badly in the southeast part of the state in the coal counties and when vice president biden said...
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romney. here is the unsuccessful democratic candidate for wisconsin lt. gov.ernor. >> we have an uphill battle. >> this is the end of democracy. we got outspent $34 million to $4 million. this was the biggest election in america. >> how much of it was about money? >> a a lot of it was about money but there was a reasonany democrats, leading demrats and the white house really did not want t this recall. recalls are hard. this gave republicans a chance to tool up their machine i in a statee where they are not absolutely dominant, and to see if they could combine money and organization.. well they did it, and now they have the orgization model in place to show whether they can i other places. remains to be seen, but it was a big success for republicans. >> san diego and san jose voters voted overwhelmingly to cut city workers' pension benefits, not just future benefits but current workers. if you look at the unfunded pension liabilities -- >> that is why eva -- whatt evan was talking about. wisc
romney. here is the unsuccessful democratic candidate for wisconsin lt. gov.ernor. >> we have an uphill battle. >> this is the end of democracy. we got outspent $34 million to $4 million. this was the biggest election in america. >> how much of it was about money? >> a a lot of it was about money but there was a reasonany democrats, leading demrats and the white house really did not want t this recall. recalls are hard. this gave republicans a chance to tool up their...
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. >> we are hours away from the illinois poll opening and gov rick santorum is here. he's doing battle with romney in illinois. why is he going to battle with david axelrod? we will ask him. and the chief target of operation fast and furious is captured and then let go. released. and do you know what happened after that? the border patrol agent brian terry was murdered. does this capture and release mean his purchased could have been prevented? troubling story is coming up. and a new thing in the wisconsin recall batter. more than 12 dozen judges, what do they do that raises eyebrows and does it raise ethics trouble? we are live from the milwaukee hotel in milwaukee, wisconsin. city with us. >> this is a fox news aler. twelve mexican police officers are murdered on a highway ambush. gunmen open fire on the police convoy killing a dozen officers and wounding more. it happened on a rural highway in southern mexico between acapulco and mexico city. hours earlier the severed heads of people found lined along the street in the same town. the region is used about i drug gan
. >> we are hours away from the illinois poll opening and gov rick santorum is here. he's doing battle with romney in illinois. why is he going to battle with david axelrod? we will ask him. and the chief target of operation fast and furious is captured and then let go. released. and do you know what happened after that? the border patrol agent brian terry was murdered. does this capture and release mean his purchased could have been prevented? troubling story is coming up. and a new...
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. >> we are hours away from the illinois poll opening and gov rick santorum is here. he's doing battle with romney in illinois. why is he going to battle with david axelrod? we will ask him. and the chief target of operation fast and furious is captured and then let go. released. and do you know what happened after that? the border patrol agent brian terry was murdered. does this capture and release mean his purchased could have been prevented? troubling story is coming up. and a new thing in the wisconsin recall batter. more than 12 dozen judges, what do they do that raises eyebrows and does it raise ethics trouble? we are live from the milwaukee we are live from the milwaukee hotel [ tires squeal, engine revs ] ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] not everything powerful has to guzzle fuel. the 2012 e-class bluetec from mercedes-benz. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. chocolate lemonade ? susie's lemonade... the movie. or... we make it pink ! with these 4g lte tablets, you can do business at lightning
. >> we are hours away from the illinois poll opening and gov rick santorum is here. he's doing battle with romney in illinois. why is he going to battle with david axelrod? we will ask him. and the chief target of operation fast and furious is captured and then let go. released. and do you know what happened after that? the border patrol agent brian terry was murdered. does this capture and release mean his purchased could have been prevented? troubling story is coming up. and a new...
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there are two other polls, both rasmussen and fox, that have romney up by two. it's margin of error. it's close, and it's going to come down to turn out the last undecided voters. i think why romney will win virginia is because he is the one that's going to reverse these sequestration cuts. they're going to devastate the military and cost us $200,000 jobs. the president has been a bystander and won't do that. he is the one with the plan to create jobs and we've got 23 million people that don't have jobs nationally and eight -- excuse me -- $16 trillion in debt. that's what virginians are concerned about and why there's been this momentum towards governor romney. the mishandling of the -- no transparency. 45 days after the fact. it's a great concern. either the president gave an order that was disobeyed by the secretary of defense to provide support in benghazi or he didn't, and i think people want answers before this election on that, so that's what's going to determine the outcome. we got a great ground game, and i expect governor romney to win a close election
there are two other polls, both rasmussen and fox, that have romney up by two. it's margin of error. it's close, and it's going to come down to turn out the last undecided voters. i think why romney will win virginia is because he is the one that's going to reverse these sequestration cuts. they're going to devastate the military and cost us $200,000 jobs. the president has been a bystander and won't do that. he is the one with the plan to create jobs and we've got 23 million people that don't...
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the national polls show it tied, maybe a slight, slight edge for romney in the average of polls. but if you do the state-by-state breakdown, it's a very difficult path for romney to win that electoral college without ohio, wisconsin, iowa, that midwest fortress that obama seems to have. >> when obama made the decision on the bailout that was unpopular and it now may be that that actually saves him in ohio. >> i remember doing reporting on that, and aus ten goolsby gave the pure economic advisory said don't do this. and they said mr. president we campaigned in these states, these people are getting killed we've got to do this. one of the most important decisions of his presidency. >> if he wints ohio, it's going to be because he bailed out the auto industry. >> yeah. >> there are about 800,000 we estimate, gloria, undecided voters in these few remaining battle ground states. they're all working trying to convince them. what is going to convince them. >> it's really hard to say. when you talk to republicans they tell you that late in the game, where we are, undecided voters will br
the national polls show it tied, maybe a slight, slight edge for romney in the average of polls. but if you do the state-by-state breakdown, it's a very difficult path for romney to win that electoral college without ohio, wisconsin, iowa, that midwest fortress that obama seems to have. >> when obama made the decision on the bailout that was unpopular and it now may be that that actually saves him in ohio. >> i remember doing reporting on that, and aus ten goolsby gave the pure...
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national poll, use the average of 10 polls, take all 22 polls as of midnight last night, romney leads in 12, obama leads in 4, tied in 6. romney is at or above 50% in 3 and in the average, 48.2 to 47.5, that's pretty darn close. but you get a sense underneath a strength for romney that might be expressed against an incumbent. an incumbent doesn't get much more than the final poll. >> i think both campaigns, what rick beeson said was correct, both campaigns believe they can get to over 300 because their models are so different. one will be right. one will be wrong. >> they say -- if you look at what they think they can turn out in early votes, how that adds up when they can turn out on election day, how many plus ds or rs. >> chris: the percentage will be there. >> what the turnout's going to be. both have different models for how they look at the states. i think beeson is sincere, i think axlerod truly believes he will get 3 hundredch one of them is really, really wrong. and the experts can't tell you that. >>. >> they have a very different view of the role of independents. axlerod gl
national poll, use the average of 10 polls, take all 22 polls as of midnight last night, romney leads in 12, obama leads in 4, tied in 6. romney is at or above 50% in 3 and in the average, 48.2 to 47.5, that's pretty darn close. but you get a sense underneath a strength for romney that might be expressed against an incumbent. an incumbent doesn't get much more than the final poll. >> i think both campaigns, what rick beeson said was correct, both campaigns believe they can get to over 300...
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the gallup poll shows governor romney with a big lead over the president. is gallup on the mark? gallup editor in chief with the answers. is he something more than a fundraiser, something more than an international businessman? is he truly an agent of influence for the chinese government? on the company phone list that. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. everyday you see all the ways all of us at us bank are helping grow our economy. lending more so companies and communities can expand, grow stronger and geba to work. everyday you see all of us serving you, around the country, around the corner. us bank. music is a univers language. but when i was in an accident... i was worried the health care system spoke a language all its own with unitedhealthcare, i got help that fit my life. information on my phone. connection to doctors who get where i'm from. and tools to estimate what my care may cost. so i never missed a beat. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. lou: it appears p
the gallup poll shows governor romney with a big lead over the president. is gallup on the mark? gallup editor in chief with the answers. is he something more than a fundraiser, something more than an international businessman? is he truly an agent of influence for the chinese government? on the company phone list that. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. everyday you see all the ways all of us at us bank are helping grow our economy. lending more so companies and...
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have the polls to show it. in the three states, iowa, colorado and nevada, president obama won those states in 2008. as you can see there, 44-44 tie in iowa colorado very close, and then nevada also incredibly close. so now, of course, the question is, is the president going the wrong way? and in some ways i think that he is, but you know what, one thing that i definitely approve of is the latest attack ad he has got out questioning mitt romney's record in massachusetts as governor. >> people want to know what i stand for, they can look at my record as governor. >> there was that promise and hope that romney would deliver with jobs, and grow the economy here in massachusetts and that did not materialize. >> i will fight to keep our tax rate down during my term. >> he found very quickly once he was in office that he couldn't deliver on any services without having sufficient resources. >> america right now is the same plan that he sold to the people in massachusetts in 2002. less government, less debt better busi
have the polls to show it. in the three states, iowa, colorado and nevada, president obama won those states in 2008. as you can see there, 44-44 tie in iowa colorado very close, and then nevada also incredibly close. so now, of course, the question is, is the president going the wrong way? and in some ways i think that he is, but you know what, one thing that i definitely approve of is the latest attack ad he has got out questioning mitt romney's record in massachusetts as governor. >>...
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>> we want mitt romney to be strong in the polls and to win the election. if you go back to 1980 at this point in the race, ronald reagan was down three points or four points in the gallup. mitt romney's basically tied or up one in the gallup polls. this thing has a long way to play out. the other thing, if you look at charlie cook and some independent prognosticators, they say there hasn't really been coattails anyway in the house. senate races are a little different animal than the house race. >> maybe the next chairman of the nrcc. republican from oregon, thanks for coming on. >>> apple's iphone 5 hits stores here in the u.s. about 90 minutes ago. does the phone frenzy boost wall street? it is a quadruple witching friday. becky quick, i grew up with learning these crazy witching fridays so -- so it is option friday. what are the three others? >> it is options and contracts and the futures and stock indexes on all of them. all four of them are expiring at the same time. usually that means you see some positive activity. in fact, if you looked at the quadr
>> we want mitt romney to be strong in the polls and to win the election. if you go back to 1980 at this point in the race, ronald reagan was down three points or four points in the gallup. mitt romney's basically tied or up one in the gallup polls. this thing has a long way to play out. the other thing, if you look at charlie cook and some independent prognosticators, they say there hasn't really been coattails anyway in the house. senate races are a little different animal than the...
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. >> even thank you poll showed obama with a 13-point edge on romney over who americans trust to fight terrorism. >> right. there you go. here is representative peter king, another one of the gop's grand inquisitives. let's see how he gets the story so badly wrong. >> but also in the stories themselves, they compare him to, say, thomas moore and white house aids or top aides to the president describing him. >> first of all, mr. king gets the story wrong. no one is comparing the president to those philosophers. they are simply saying he has read them. secondly, mr. king refers to thomas moore who was a lawyer in the 16th century as opposed to thomas aquinas who is a dominican priest in the 16th century. who cares about the facts. the reference to augustine that this president takes moral responsibility for military action very seriously as oppose to do bush and cheney who took the nation into war under the false pretense of weapons of mass destruction. >> certainly! and, you know, the president has made it very clear in many speeches and many press briefings that he takes his -- his res
. >> even thank you poll showed obama with a 13-point edge on romney over who americans trust to fight terrorism. >> right. there you go. here is representative peter king, another one of the gop's grand inquisitives. let's see how he gets the story so badly wrong. >> but also in the stories themselves, they compare him to, say, thomas moore and white house aids or top aides to the president describing him. >> first of all, mr. king gets the story wrong. no one is...
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but it looks like our poll, 67% said romney won the debate. only 25% said the president won the debate. and look so many more people thought that they were going to vote for romney as a result of this debate as opposed to the president. these are good numbers for romney. not such good numbers for the president. >> right, wolf. david axle rod, senior adviser tohe campaign. what happened? >> i don't think you can measure these debates on instant polls. >> let's measure it by democratic standards. >> let's finish. we don't want to have a debate her let me just finish. governor romney laid down a series of positions and you and others will be following this tomorrow. so will the american people. he does have a $5 trillion tax plan, no plausible way to pay for it $2 trillion in pentagon spending, no plausible way to pay for it. he took the position that he made with the republicans saying he wouldn't accept $1 of new revenue to help solve our deficit program, even on the very wealthy. turned medicare to a voucher program. >> you know, this is -- th
but it looks like our poll, 67% said romney won the debate. only 25% said the president won the debate. and look so many more people thought that they were going to vote for romney as a result of this debate as opposed to the president. these are good numbers for romney. not such good numbers for the president. >> right, wolf. david axle rod, senior adviser tohe campaign. what happened? >> i don't think you can measure these debates on instant polls. >> let's measure it by...
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to me right now these polls have shown for weeks now, romney's not advancing. romney's not advancing. obama's got a bounce whip the convention. the debate is the last chance for romney to change the dynamic of the race. a bus tour won't do a lot. romney needs a fundamental moment that reshapes this race and el its what he would do for the country differently and then the president -- those debates starting october 3rd are what to watch for. yop any anything else can help. if he doesn't do well a real frob come back. >> the fact both sides complementing each other, lowering expectations for these two men to show up and who's going to really go into the ring here and win the debates. we shall see. october 3rd, first one. my thanks to our power panel. >>> i want to take you back to the breaking news we have been following out of pittsburgh for you today. a hostage situation where an armed man walked into a building there, the gateway center. it has been partially evacuated, ard coulding to earlier reports. we have police talking to reporters earlier, explaining al
to me right now these polls have shown for weeks now, romney's not advancing. romney's not advancing. obama's got a bounce whip the convention. the debate is the last chance for romney to change the dynamic of the race. a bus tour won't do a lot. romney needs a fundamental moment that reshapes this race and el its what he would do for the country differently and then the president -- those debates starting october 3rd are what to watch for. yop any anything else can help. if he doesn't do well...
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a new poll has governor romney leading president obama in the battleground states. the obama campaign says the polls have deep flaws, and the poll numbers upsetting chicago and the white house next. the university of north carolina, no place for veterans. unc denies in-state tuition for a veteran of iraq. at the same time, the university considers offering in-state tuition to illegal immigrants. we're coming right back. ♪ [ me announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ orelp doctors turn billions of bytes of sred information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. boring. boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada... really good. yes! [ jack ] ...and alicia. ♪ this girl is on fire [ male announcer use any citi card to get the benefits of private pass. more concerts, more events, more experiences. [ jack ] h
a new poll has governor romney leading president obama in the battleground states. the obama campaign says the polls have deep flaws, and the poll numbers upsetting chicago and the white house next. the university of north carolina, no place for veterans. unc denies in-state tuition for a veteran of iraq. at the same time, the university considers offering in-state tuition to illegal immigrants. we're coming right back. ♪ [ me announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach...
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when you think of the two plans for the future, you can hardly discern what governor romney's plan is. one looks forward to rebuilding the economy. his looks back to the policies from the last decade that crushed the middle-class. >> but you look at the polling, and you know you're not there yet. in denver, they are saying the president is in trouble. how do you get there? >> i have a huge regard for peter. i think he is one of the best in our business. i would be reluctant to stick an analysis to one focus group. you know, i'm listening all the time. i'm not pollyannaish about this election. i have said it's going to be a close election. it has to be a close election. this is going to be a much closer election. but voters understand president obama's commitment is with the middle class, that his vision is about building the economy in which they can move ahead. the real question -- there are real questions about governor romney because of his background and what he is proposing now. i think he has a long way to go to build any kind of trust with the american people on this issue. >>
when you think of the two plans for the future, you can hardly discern what governor romney's plan is. one looks forward to rebuilding the economy. his looks back to the policies from the last decade that crushed the middle-class. >> but you look at the polling, and you know you're not there yet. in denver, they are saying the president is in trouble. how do you get there? >> i have a huge regard for peter. i think he is one of the best in our business. i would be reluctant to stick...
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polls are still open but the early exit polls are in and showing romney doing well. one question is romney seems to struggle in part of the four republican base, conservatives, very conservatives. the exit polls the answer is no. prioritize the candidate among the true conservatives, santorum up there. we have more from the polls throughout the night. looking for a knockout punch. carl camerons tells us the front runner is doing whatever it takes to get a victory. >> mitt romney worked the lunch counter alongside the wisconsin favorite son, republican congressman paul ryan. tonight is a plea for wisconsin's 39 delegates. maryland has 37. the district of columbia has 16. romney is heavenly favored. they hope to pick up the delegates the lesser part of the state. >> going up against the money. >> romney and allies spent $3 million in wisconsin. saying it's about $700,000. the g.o.p. is rallying around romney. the republican national committee agreed with the fundraising for the campaign for the general election. santorum will watch the returns with pennsylvania. he rep
polls are still open but the early exit polls are in and showing romney doing well. one question is romney seems to struggle in part of the four republican base, conservatives, very conservatives. the exit polls the answer is no. prioritize the candidate among the true conservatives, santorum up there. we have more from the polls throughout the night. looking for a knockout punch. carl camerons tells us the front runner is doing whatever it takes to get a victory. >> mitt romney worked...
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the latest poll has 49% of wisconsin's registered voters in the obama campaign, 45% for romney. with the president's four-point advantage is within the survey sampling error. in a state he won by 14 points in 2008. that puts wisconsin on the list of eight crucial states that cnn now considers a toss-up and joins colorado, florida, nevada, new hampshire, ohio and virginia. joining me now for more on our big story is david axelrod. former white house senior adviser to the president. david axelrod, welcome back. how are you? >> good to be with you, piers. >> what is your overview of where you are right now? as team obama? we are, what, 80 or so days away from the election. the general feeling seems to be it is game on and we know where the battleground's going to be now. is that your analysis? >> like where we are. i think the president's message is getting out there. and people understand, you know, that he's fighting for an economy which the middle class can grow and get a fair shake. and the contrasts are getting out. so i like our position but i've always anticipated a close ra
the latest poll has 49% of wisconsin's registered voters in the obama campaign, 45% for romney. with the president's four-point advantage is within the survey sampling error. in a state he won by 14 points in 2008. that puts wisconsin on the list of eight crucial states that cnn now considers a toss-up and joins colorado, florida, nevada, new hampshire, ohio and virginia. joining me now for more on our big story is david axelrod. former white house senior adviser to the president. david...
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there isn't a single poll, a single nonpartisan poll in ohio, wisconsin or nevada that shows romney in the lead. and, yes, you know the polls have been wrong before and it's conceivable that things can be off. you can ask about sharon engel if polls are right. the overwhelming majority of the time when someone holds a lead of this magnitude, this consistently, they wine up winning. and, you know, there are reasons to think the polls could be off. it's tough to talk to people on cell phones. assumptions about turn out are more important than ever. but, yeah, you're right i think the polls have to be wrong at this state level. >> polls ask who are you going to vote for but there's data around polls who do you think will win and that's extraordinarily predictive. why is that question so predictive when we make people into mini anthropologists. >> it's what people are hearing. people are hearing stuff about romney. the average person, you know, has an idea that the president is still pretty popular. that makes them think that, you know, most voters or swing voters will tilt a little more i
there isn't a single poll, a single nonpartisan poll in ohio, wisconsin or nevada that shows romney in the lead. and, yes, you know the polls have been wrong before and it's conceivable that things can be off. you can ask about sharon engel if polls are right. the overwhelming majority of the time when someone holds a lead of this magnitude, this consistently, they wine up winning. and, you know, there are reasons to think the polls could be off. it's tough to talk to people on cell phones....
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he leads romney 44-41 on that issue in our new poll. overall, the president leads romney on who is best equipped to handle foreign policy by eight points. 46-38. but romney is viewed as a viable alternative. tonight's format will break down this way. moderator, cbs's bob schieffer divided the 90-debate on foreign policy into six 15-minute segments. they're on america's role in the world, afghanistan and pakistan, israel and iran, the changing middle east and the new face of terror and the rise of china. the two candidates will be seated tonight, and there will be a two-minute closing statement. the president closes first, romney gets the last word. ahead of tonight's debate, new developments across the middle east on sunday the white house denied reporting by the new york times that the u.s. has agreed to direct bilateral talks with iran on its nuclear program while saying it remains open to talks. romney supporters were quick to criticize the white house on this front. >> it's another example of a national security leak from the white
he leads romney 44-41 on that issue in our new poll. overall, the president leads romney on who is best equipped to handle foreign policy by eight points. 46-38. but romney is viewed as a viable alternative. tonight's format will break down this way. moderator, cbs's bob schieffer divided the 90-debate on foreign policy into six 15-minute segments. they're on america's role in the world, afghanistan and pakistan, israel and iran, the changing middle east and the new face of terror and the rise...
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with the polls tied nationally, romney's popularity is surging. the george washington university poll puts romney in positive territory for the first time. 54% favorable,44rs unverifiable. tomorrow's debate will show each candidates' ability to connect with voters. both sides agreed in advance that the audience would drive the discussion. moderatomoderator candy crowleyn said she will ask follo follow p questions and insert herself in the debate. insiders say time will tell. joe biden was scheduled to stomach in nevada today but -- to stump in nevada today but will take part in funeral services for arlen specter who died over the weekend. romney is shown up five points with significant gains among women. the romney campaign and the republican party today reported having raised $170 million in the month of september. that compares to $181 million for the obama cap pain an campae democrats. watch the ad blitz accelerate in the next three weeks. >> we'll see you tomorrow, carl. >> bret: wall street starts the week on a positive note. the do you gaine
with the polls tied nationally, romney's popularity is surging. the george washington university poll puts romney in positive territory for the first time. 54% favorable,44rs unverifiable. tomorrow's debate will show each candidates' ability to connect with voters. both sides agreed in advance that the audience would drive the discussion. moderatomoderator candy crowleyn said she will ask follo follow p questions and insert herself in the debate. insiders say time will tell. joe biden was...